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Taking the Train to Beijing

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ID: 1674 Newbie
If you're a newbie to China, then you've definitely got to make a trip to Beijing. This Chinese lesson for total beginners will help you to make sure you've got those train tickets... and maybe even help you be all bossy and make someone else go buy them.
Wed May 18 2011 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
我们 wǒmen we
怎么 zěnme how
北京 Běijīng Beijing
坐 zuò to ride, to take a form of transport
我们怎么去北京？
wǒmen zěnme qù Běijīng ？
How are we getting to Beijing?
坐火车去。
zuò huǒchē qù 。
We'll take the train.
你买火车票了吗？
nǐ mǎi huǒchēpiào le ma ？
Did you buy train tickets?
还没有。你下午去火车站买。
hái méiyǒu 。nǐ xiàwǔ qù huǒchēzhàn mǎi 。
Not yet. Go to the train station and buy them this afternoon.
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